Regrow Your Prostate Gland in a Mouse

Using stem cells, scientists were able to grow completely new prostate glands in mice. The prostate is a gland that aids in creating and expelling semen, and is often the cause of cancer in older men (pictured is a prostate cancer cell). But now that San Francisco researchers can grow prostates in mice, will doctors…

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Too busy riding a rocket around town with your sexy phallic ray gun? Don’t worry, we’ve compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you.Christina Aguilera Rides Pop’s Science Fiction Bandwagon Christina Aguilera rides her space rocket, joining the new crop of pop princesses who are both futuristic and optimistic. Janet…

Finally, Some Giant Lizard Invaders With A Sense Of Rhythm

Great news! One of the great authors of our time, Daniel Manus Pinkwater, will finally be translated to the big screen. Pinkwater sold the movie rights to his awesome novel, Lizard Music, to Tiny Dancer Films, which produced the movie Married Life. In Lizard Music, a young boy is left alone for two weeks, and…

The Old Republic’s Size Worship Reinforces Teenage Traumas

Besides giving everyone in our world a chance to join the Star Wars universe, we’re excited to see that upcoming MMO The OId Republic will finally give phallically-minded geeks confirmation of something that they’ve always suspected: That the bigger your weapon is, the better that makes you.It’s not just size that’s important, of course, but…

Jenny Holzer’s Textual Structures

American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer converts the futuristic military-industrial complex into strange, alien art projects. Her light installations and conceptual work are the focus of an exhibition that opens on Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. She uses excerpts from U.S. military documents in unexpected ways, turning them into body parts or…

Everyone Hates Lee Adama

I’ve been saying this for months: Lee Adama is by far the shallowest character on Battlestar Galactica that we’ve been tricked into liking, partially because of his sexy man-brow and ability to look hot while beating up girls. But now, Entertainment Weekly has fingered Lee Adama along with Squidward Tentacles, McDreamy and Lauren Conrad in…

Get Your Flu Shot!

Epidemiologist Rene Najera from the Maryland Department of Health wrote to remind io9 readers to get their flu shots now. Don’t be a part of the next pandemic! Also, if you’re in Maryland, you can help researchers by participating in this cool flu tracker program online.

Fan-Made Batmobile is Ready for the Gotham Streets

When Batman Begins introduced the movie-going world to the Tumbler Batmobile, many an auto aficionado lusted after Batman’s ride. One fan, though, decided lusting wasn’t enough, and has been building his very own working Batmobile, complete with a V8 engine and Batcessories, in his garage. More pictures after the jump.Posting on the SuperHeroHype forums as…

Eureka Returns In December – With Nathan Stark

For those of you jonesing for more of SciFi Channel’s Eureka, relief is at hand – but it’s not the second half of the show’s third season. Boom! Studios is putting out a comic based on the show, co-written by show co-creator Andrew Cosby. They’ve made a video to tell you all about it, which…

How much do graphic novels and science fiction overlap? Apparently, enough for publishing giant Hachette Group to fold its graphic novel imprint, Yen, into its science fiction imprint, Orbit. The resulting fusion will be known as Orbit, and will be run by Orbit founder Tim Holman. Neither label will shrink, and in fact Orbit is…

A Dark Future Where Everybody Works In Marketing

Award-winning novelist and playwright Sarah Schulman is turning to science fiction because it’s the only way to capture how surreal her world has gotten. Her next novel, Mere Future, takes place in a future New York where everybody works in marketing. I talked to Schulman about her novel, which comes out next year, and asked…

Stan Lee Sees Posh and Becks in Spandex

Now that Stan Lee is working on his superhero makeover of Paris Hilton, he’s looking for other celebrities to render in superhuman form. The next duo on his wishlist is power couple David and Victoria Beckham, whose good looks and charm make them, in his mind, a natural for costumed crimefighting. So, what would a…

Lost’s Next Batch Of Mysteries Is Waiting

Island-watchers, start spinning your theories now. The titles for the first six episodes of Lost season five have been announced, and they give a few hints for what’s to come. They are: “Because You Left,” “The Lie,” “Jughead,” “The Little Prince,” “This Place Is Death,” and “The Life And Death Of Jeremy Bentham.” First off,…

Buck Rogers Movie May Become Cheap Camp in Frank Miller’s Hands

Hey, remember when we were told that Frank Miller was definitely not directing a new Buck Rogers movie? Looks like Flint Dille, one of the producers of the movie, was a little bit hasty when saying that Miller wasn’t involved. The 25th Century may very soon be filled with futuristic femme fatales and unconvincing CGI…

If you need more Resident Evil so badly that you’re willing to endure the uncanny valley, then the new Japanese CGI flick Resident Evil: Degeneration is for you. Picking up 7 years after the t-Virus incident at Raccoon City, the movie is done in animation that looks pretty much exactly like the videogame. So, it…

Cyborg Soldier Star: “I Chewed The Scenery. Yum.”

Capote actor Bruce Greenwood plays the baddie in a new direct-to-DVD movie, Cyborg Soldier. And whether or not anyone enjoys watching Cyborg Soldier, it sounds as though Greenwood had a lot of fun acting in it. In a new interview, Greenwood (who also plays Captain Pike in Star Trek) talks about how much fun he…

Lab-Designed Chair that Reconfigures Itself to Fit Your Spine

This chair was designed specifically to prevent cubicle-induced spine agony. Its back a mass of constantly-shifting, quiet springs and special “pliable” textile mesh, the Embody chair (pictured) is the latest thing from ergonomics wonder company Herman “Aeron Chair” Miller. The designer, Stumpf, is known for chairs specifically designed for people who work at computers all…

Stargate Universe Concept Art Takes You Inside The Starship Destiny

The next batch of gaters’ ship, The Destiny, is starting to take shape. Sci Fi Wire is hosting a bunch of concept art from the brand new series Stargate Universe, and it’s looking great. From the looks of it, this show seems to still be in the same heavily mechanical Stargate wheelhouse, but the exposed…

Superman And Batman: What Are The Joker’s Powers Again?

What if Superman decided to take Gotham under his cape? I’m pretty sure Batman would be pretty pissed and have to drop the whole “I’m a scary freak with a gravelly voice” schtick The brilliant minds over at College Humor decided to go ahead and make all our wildest fantasies come true and send Supes…

Five Japanese Monsters I Encountered Before I Turned 20

Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. In Tokyo, teenage girls don’t worry about date rape and theft nearly as much as they fret over monsters (and train gropers). I never thought twice about the whereabouts of my wallet as I walked home in the dark after…